Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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THE GOLDFINCH.
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THE GOLDFINCH.
A PARODY.
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While o'er the mountain's top I climb,Nor wait the slow return of time;
As longing more for salem's springs,
Than all the pageantry of kings;
Forgive me that I thirst to see
The mystic depths of calvary.
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O let me join the angelic throng,That o'er the Cross suspend their song;
And look, with tearful eyes, to view
The man that once on earth they knew,
Now bleeding on the accursed tree,
And muse the depths of calvary.
III
Till warm'd my heart with mystic flame,I long to share the glorious shame;
And, as I feel the sacred fire,
Myself a sacrifice expire:
From thence remount to Heav'n, and see
The eternal depths of calvary!
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